academicus — meaning in English

English meaning

• academic adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
• academician noun A teacher or scholar, especially a senior one, working at a university or college.

Senses

academicus is used for these senses in English:

• academian (obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]
• academic (usually, capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

academic — full definition

1. adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
2. adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
3. noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

academician — full definition

1. noun A teacher or scholar, especially a senior one, working at a university or college.
2. noun A person who belongs to an academy, a society set up to support science, art or literature.

Related Dutch words